Should I start Zach Charbonnet or CeeDee Lamb in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Zach Charbonnet, and the board ranks him 42nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on CeeDee Lamb, and the board ranks him 44th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Zach Charbonnet is 5.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for CeeDee Lamb is 4.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Zach Charbonnet's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 7

The usage feed holds no snap or target counts for Zach Charbonnet this season.

Through Week 7, CeeDee Lamb has been on the field for 79 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 30 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 22 of the offence's 63 third down targets, had 3 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 15 of its 48 two minute targets.

His 81 targets have averaged 10.6 air yards.

In Week 5 against TB he caught 2 of 5 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against GB he caught 9 of 18 targets for 70 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against PHI he caught 5 of 12 targets for 74 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Zach Charbonnet played 16 games and scored 181.4 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB24.

He carried 184 times for 730 yards and 12 touchdowns, and caught 20 of 24 targets for 144 more yards.

That came to 11-12 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 1.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 49 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 CeeDee Lamb played 14 games and scored 200.9 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing WR22.

He caught 75 of 117 targets for 1077 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 8.4 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 75 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Zach Charbonnet was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 CeeDee Lamb scored 14.4 PPR points a game and Zach Charbonnet 11.3, 3.0 a game between them.

Zach Charbonnet finished RB24 and CeeDee Lamb WR22, which are two different ladders.

Zach Charbonnet is a running back and CeeDee Lamb a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Zach Charbonnet is off in Week 11 and CeeDee Lamb in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

Zach Charbonnet is listed as out on the injury report.